Showdown Vote Planned On Restoring Executive Powers Of Devaluation
Washington July 1 Republican filibuster ousted President Roosevelt dollar devaluation powers as a showdown vote was set for Wednesday to restore them. In the House a late session passed a viewed as neutralities bill, while galleries overflowed with spectators for the lengthy sessions.
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Senate
Roosevelt
House
Tydings
Maryland
Senate House
Butt
Ion
Nagin Rar
Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Thomas
D.-Okla
Huey Long
Sena
Winchester Says A Woman Is A Person Who Doesn't Know What Dress
A Thurston style quote by MA Winchester appears in the Thomaston Georgia edition. The note hints at a council meeting possibly sparking fireworks on the upcoming Fourth of July and invites readers to report best fishing catches to Ye Sports Ed. Also requests a home for a two month old female black terrier. Contact numbers 41 or 1182.
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Miller
Thomaston, Ga
Broadway Star to Appear Here at Capitol Theatre
Tom Powers, a noted Broadway star, will perform July 28 at the Capitol Theatre in Outward Bound as part of a Winchester Little Theatre production. He arrives July 19 to give a monologue show for a Clarke County nurse benefit, while the board announces the guest appearance as an innovation to entertain the public.
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Tom Powers
Little Theatre
Capitol Theatre
Winchester Little Theatre
Little Theatre Board of Directors
Henry B. Gilpin
Laurette Taylor
Powers
Virginia
Springsbury
George Greenhalgh
Clarke County
New York Times
Four Sucked To Passing In Ditch
EAST RUTHERFORD N J July 1 An ordinarily dry drainage ditch became a seething torrent as rain swelled it. A seven year old boy Arthur Unger disappeared first. Sophie Kostoplas 11 slipped from a concrete wall and was swept away. Louis Pfeiffer 37 and William Steigleman 46 tried to help and were carried from the scene.
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East Rutherford
N. J
Arthur Unger
Sophie Kostoplas
Hysteri
Louis Henry Pfeiffer
William Steigleman
Street Department
Pfeiffer
Showers Likely for July Fourth Holiday Outlook
Weather outlook for the week starting July 3 forecasts generally fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic states with showers likely Tuesday or Tuesday night and again Wednesday. Temperatures go from slightly below normal on Monday to warmer midweek, cooling Thursday and rising again by Saturday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Hull urges repeal of arms embargo in pursuit of peace
Secretary Hull reiterates call to repeal the mandatory arms embargo as Congress debates the neutrality bill. Speaker Bankhead warns of foreign repercussions and tensions grow over the House refusal to follow State Department recommendations.
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Washington
Hull
House
Capitol
Bankhead
Congress
State Department
Hull An
Senate
Japan Tightens Blockade Rules on British Concession
Tokyo tightens blockade controls in the British concession as foreign observers doubt a Tokyo settlement. Domei says traffic hours are cut and entrances closed, including the international bridge linking British French and Japanese zones. In Amoy, officials considered independent action, possibly landing more troops or surrounding the island. In Peiping, reports say Japan abandoned a single national government plan for China, opting for dual regimes at Peiping and Nanking.
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Tientsin
Tokyo
Domei
Shanghai
Kulangsu Island
Amoy
Peiping
China
Wang Thing-Wei
Nanking
Nine Italian Fliers Killed in Bomber Collision
Rome reports nine army fliers died in a collision between two tri motor bombers during aerial maneuvers. The accident occurred yesterday.
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Rome
Yankee Clipper lands at BOTWOOD after transatlantic hop
Pan American Airways aircraft Yankee Clipper, returning from England, landed at Botwood at 9 58 a m local time after a 1995 mile flight from Foynes Ireland.
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Botwood
Field
Pan-American Airways
England
Foynes
Ireland
Dodd Seeks Probe of German Pressure on German Americans
William E. Dodd Jr. urged a State Department investigation into alleged pressure by German offices on naturalized Americans of German descent to register for service in Nazi armed and labor forces. At a press conference his committee showed a 16 question registry form being sent to naturalized citizens.
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New York
William E. Dodd, Jr
United States
Germany
State Department
Patherland
Dodd
American Committee For
Reich
Famed Fiddle Claims Stradivarius Lineage From England
Berryville Virginia July 1 Big Howard Hough a Clarke county cattleman and fiddler swears his prized instrument is a Stradivarius passed from his great grandfather who came from England. An inscription reads Antonius Stradiurarius Cere monensis Facie bat Anne 1726 making the fiddle about 213 years old. The Strad anchors his eight fiddle collection as part of a colorful career.
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Berryville
Yessir
England
Howard Hough
Clarke County
Howard
Antonius
John Wilson
Scout Leaders To Be In Camp For Troop Camping
Shenandoah Area Council announces two Troop Camping courses for Scoutmasters and assistants. Sessions at Camp Powhatan July 15–16 and at Camp White Rock July 29–30 include meals and literature for about 2.50 dollars. Prelim night at Powhatan begins the first overnight period.
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Shenandoah Area
Powhatan
Accused Man Not At Mother's Bier
Hollywood July 1. Campbell McDonald confessed slaying his mother Mrs Margaret Campbell 56 silent screen actress. He re enacted the Sunday night hammer murder and said he would rather die than be insane. Police Captain Patton expected McDonald will be found insane and ordered to an asylum with murder charges to follow after the inquest. He did not attend his mother's burial due to his view that funerals are barbaric. He remained a suspect in the bludgeon death of dancer Anya Sosoyeva and the clubbing of Delia Bogard at City College where his mother taught.
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Hollywood
Campbell McDonald
Margaret Campbell
Plice
Dalton R. Patton
Patton
McDonald
Anya Sosoyeva
Delia Bogard
City College
Fireworks on sale for July 3 and 4 at Main Street shop
Fireworks of all legal sizes will be sold on July 3 and July 4 at 811 S. Main St. The notice lists sale dates and the location for customers to purchase consumer fireworks compliant with regulations.
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S. Main St
Special Ice Cream Quart at 25 Cents
SANI TARY DAIRY advertises special ice cream at 25 cents per quart with bold pricing and a compact store notice formatted as a brief sale.
Wettest June in 46 years at Winchester Lab
The month ended with 9.56 inches of rain, the wettest June in 46 years. The prior June record was 9.41 inches set in 1915, and yesterday's rain increased the year total to 22.97 inches.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Chanters to Leave Winchester for World’s Fair Trip
The Chanters choir from Winchester will depart Monday at 6:30 PM by train to Baltimore and Ohio toward the World’s Fair in New York arriving the next morning. They will tour the fair and attend July 6 greetings with Governor Price and a 22-member Richmond delegation.
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Winchester
City
Baltimore and Ohio
Metropolis
Greater
New York
Long Island Railway
Governor Price
Richmond
Injuries Fatal To R. G. Ashton
Funeral services for Robert G. Ashton 59 native of Frederick County will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Kogelschatz and Coffman Chapel Martinsburg W Va Interment will be at Martinsburg He died in Alexandria Va where he had lived He fell from a roof sustaining a broken back and an arm He was survived by two daughters Mrs Helen White and Mrs C P Rockwell two sisters Mrs Sidney Pennington and Mrs Edna Clevenger and three brothers Jackson Tarson and Oswald Ashton All of this
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Martinsborg
W. Va
Robert G. Ashton
Frederick County
Alexandria
Martinsburg
Ashton
Julia Blake
Helen White
Washington
C. P. Rockwell
Sidney Pennington
Yellow Springs
Edna Clevenger
Winchester
Jackson, Tarson
Oswald Ashton
Miller & Anderson announce brief July closure
A local business closure notice states Miller and Anderson will be closed on Monday and Tuesday July 3 and 4. For emergencies call 563 W. 1150 or 1170 for assistance.
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Miller & Anderson
Building Road To Charles Town
The Keeley Construction Company advises detours on West Virginia Route 340 to Charles Town and Harpers Ferry due to ongoing construction. Detours route Winchester to Harpers Ferry via U S Route 11 to Inwood and West Virginia Route 51 to Charles Town. Berryville to Charles Town use Route 267 via Summit Point.
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Keeley Construction Company
West Virginia
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Winchester
Harper’'s Ferry
Inwood
W. Va
Berryville
Summit Point
Dempsey Shows Encouraging Recovery at Hospital
Reports from Polyclinic Hospital indicate Jack Dempsey is improving after an emergency appendectomy. A bulletin said he spent a very good night and his secretary noted his chances rising from 50-50 to 3-1 in his favor as the former heavyweight champ sent greetings to friends.
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New York
Polyclinic Hospital
Jack Dempsey
Ned Brown
Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Brown
A. A. Taller
Envoy Summoned After Cabinet Meeting On Poland Danzig
Paris reports Foreign Minister Bonnet called German Ambassador Von Weltzbececk for a late conference after a three hour cabinet session. The cabinet backed Poland fully in any action over Danzig. Bonnet also met the Polish ambassador and reiterated France’s aid pledges.
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Foreign Ministry
Lebrun
Daladier
Poland
Danzig
Bonnet
Jules Lukasiewicz
France
Guards Royalty Gets Cuff Links in Winchester Visit
William D. Simmons husband of former Miss Mary Louise Glass of Opequon and a bodyguard to President Roosevelt was in Winchester today. The 35 year old guard who accompanied King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their Washington and New York duties met the King at the World's Fair and received the cuff links bearing the royal crest. The cuff links drew attention in Winchester businesses as Simmons called.
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George VI
England
William D. Simmons
Mary Louise Glass
Opequon
Roosevelt
Winchester
Mr. Simmons
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Washington
New York
George. VI, Rex
Simmons
Trans-Atlantic reaches Horta on survey flight
The American Export Airlines reported its 15 ton flying ship Trans-Atlantic reached Horta in the Azores at 5.25 a.m. EST on a survey flight precursor to regular trans oceanic passenger service.
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Horta New York
American Export Airlines
Trans-Atlantic
Horta
Azores
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